Imprint derived folophon (l8 verso): Ces presentes heures a lusage de Ro[m]me furent acheuees le. xx. iour de Mars Lan M.CCCC.iiii.xx [et] xvi. pour Simon vostre Libraire demourant a paris en la rue neuue a lenseigne sainct Iehan leuangeliste.

"The discrepancy between the date of the title and that of the colophon, and the relation in time of this and the following edition are unexplained ... In many copies, the concluding letters of the year-date on the title page have been erased and altered with pen and ink so as to read "xxi" instead of "xvii.""--Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum.

Collation: 8vo: a-l⁸ [$4 signed], 234 leaves, unnumbered. Signature on the first recto of each gathering preceded by a lowercase “r”.

Octavo; b1 recto: 27 lines, 103 x 59 mm, with borders 138 x 91 mm; types: 130G (text), 65G (text of almanac on a1 verso); single- and double-line capital spaces within text.

Title page vignette (printer's device (Renouard 919)); text within metalcut borders.

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VIII, 117

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H382

Incunabula short title catalogue, ih00382000

COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.158 printed on vellum, with initials and capitals rubricated in blue and red and illuminated. Text hand-ruled in red. Leaf dimensions: 177 x 115 mm.

PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.158 with armorial bookplate of Belton House on modern front pastedown. Purchased in November 1956.

BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.158 bound in modern green goatksin paneled in triple-ruled gilt with floral cornerpieces. Spine paneled and tooled in gilt with two red leather labels. Early/contemporary vellum pastedowns/free endpapers functioning as flyleaves.

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